FRIDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2025, 00:08
HERMANUS, CAPE TOWN – The conversation around Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Africa is rapidly shifting from “if” to “how.” While the potential is universally acknowledged, the path to tangible, scalable, and locally relevant implementation remains the critical challenge. At the SATNAC 2025 conference, the focus was squarely on this practical execution, with industry leaders outlining […]
Thyspunt in the Eastern Cape and Bantamsklip in the Overberg are the proposed sites for a new nuclear power plant.
Trump’s renomination of billionaire astronaut Jared Isaacman is a tale of politics, ambition and vanity
It used to be that once your star had fallen in Donald Trump’s orbit, it was destined never to rise again. Any number of discarded former allies stretching back to Trump’s first term of office could testify as much.
One who has emerged from a political black hole to return to the...
Standard Bank now has the second-lowest PayShap fees in the country behind TymeBank, where they remain free.
Cristina Dorador is on an urgent mission in the world’s highest desert, the Atacama in Chile. As the rise of drug-resistant superbugs kills millions per year, Cristina has made it her mission to uncover new, life-saving antibiotics in the stunning salt flats she has studied since she was 14. Against the magnificent backdrop of endless plains, microscopic discoveries lead her team of...
The Southern African Large Telescope near Sutherland is celebrating 20 years of observing the sky.
It will be able to monitor changes in brain function just minutes after weapon use, scientists say.
Several new start-ups are building replicas of sites so A.I. can learn to use the internet and maybe replace white-collar workers.
Lyu Jae-cheol has been appointed as new CEO of LG Electronics to strengthen the fundamental competitiveness of its core businesses.
Parents are paying premium fees for education models that can’t match what online home schooling delivers.
HERMANUS, CAPE TOWN – In an address at the SATNAC 2025 conference, Openserve’s Chief Network Officer Robert Jorge laid out a critical imperative for the telecoms industry: the future belongs to networks that are not just bigger, but smarter, greener, and inherently more agile. The core message was clear: to meet explosive connectivity demands and […]
Samsung’s unveiling of its first trifold smartphone marks another escalation in the foldables arms race – and another moment where Apple is conspicuously absent.
Social media users have called the luxury Italian fashion brand’s artificial intelligence-made adverts “cheap” and “lazy”.
NCP Chlorchem has embarked on one of South Africa’s biggest private industrial solar deployments.
PayShap adoption grows, but inconsistent bank fees and limited access still hinder its inclusion ambitions in South Africa.
In today’s newsletter: As suppliers get ready to meet policy makers and space agencies at the industry’s largest gathering, a look at the exploration and exploitation of space
Good morning. This week Glasgow hosts one of the UK’s largest ever gatherings of the space industry at Space-Comm. With representatives of Nasa, the UK and Scottish governments and the UK space agency among 2,000 space...
As the digital asset market experiences dramatic volatility, Evan Mills, a financial data analyst in California, is just one of countless ordinary investors. He’s not a full-time trader, nor does he have a Wall Street background. His story is worth telling because his experience represents the broadest segment of the digital asset market: cautious, with […]
For North Ridge Capital, a Massachusetts-based quantitative investment firm, entering the digital asset market was not an impulsive move, but a strategic decision made after two years of research and testing of more than a dozen solutions. “We’re not here to speculate; we’re here to build long-term strategies,” said the firm’s head. “And only a […]
In the Twitch world of live streaming for the past decade, the unwritten rule was straightforward: you ground out in anonymity for years, hoping for that Big Break of virality, or you “cheated.” “Cheating” in the streaming world meant “viewbotting.” It was the industry’s dirty little secret. “For just a few dollars, streamers hired third-party […]
Samsung Electronics has unveiled its first multi-folding smartphone, the Galaxy Z TriFold.
For much of November, the DeFi sector has looked bruised. Decentralized finance has watched almost $60 billion wiped from total value locked (TVL) since October 7, plunging from roughly $172 billion to around $113 billion in just 45 days. That drop has weighed most heavily on the sector’s blue-chip protocols. Aave still leads the pack, […]